Klok van Meester Humphrey
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De collectie 'Klok van Meester Humphrey' omvat een reeks korte verhalen die oorspronkelijk verschenen in het weekblad 'The Master Humphrey's Clock' van Charles Dickens. De verhalen, die zich afspelen in het Victoriaanse Londen, tonen een scala aan personages en situaties die het dagelijks leven in die periode weerspiegelen. De collectie omvat verhalen als 'Nelly' en 'Barnaby Rudge' en introduceert de lezer aan bekende personages uit 'The Pickwick Papers', zoals Samuel Pickwick en Sam Weller. De verhalen belichten verschillende aspecten van de Victoriaanse maatschappij, met inbegrip van sociale kritiek, humor en satire. Dickens' typische schrijfstijl, die realisme en scherpe observaties combineert, creëert een levendige en indringende kijk op het leven in de Victoriaanse tijd.Book Details
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Charles Dickens created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on 7 February 18...
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